RELAY SHIELD v1.

2b

Seeed Relay Shield is a smart module with 4 solid relays providing an easy way for applications of voltage
controlling from low to high. The max switching power could be DC90W or AC360VA. It could be directly
controlled by Arduino/Seeeduino through digital IOs with external 9v supply. With the RFBee socket and
315/433M RF module interface, the Relay shield could be remotely controlled, making it be easily used in
robotics, industry control, smart house etc.

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Table of Contents
Features................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Key Specifications (per channel) ............................................................................................................................................................... 3
Licensing .............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Cautions................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
Block Diagram ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Usage ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
With Arduino/Seeeduino .................................................................................................................................................................... 5
With RFBee................................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
With 315M RF module.......................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Support ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
Revision History ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 7

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FEATURES
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4 solid relays with photo-coupled circuit

Equipped with screw holes for easy installation

Light weight

Small form factor

Native Arduino/Seeeduino compatibility

Extendible

KEY SPECIFICATIONS (PER CHANNEL)

Contact Rating

3A AC 120V / DC 24V

Maximal Switching Voltage

AC 240V / DC 60V

Max Switching Current

5A

Max Switching Power

AC 360VA / DC 90W

Electrical Life Expectancy

100,000 Operations

Mechanical Life Expectancy

10,000,000 Operations

Safety Standard(relay)

UL cUL TUV CQC

Working Voltage

9VDC

Weight

165g

Working temperature

-30 to +85

Working Humidity

40% - 85%

LICENSING
This documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License
3.0.Source code and libraries are licensed under GPL/LGPL, see source code files for details.

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CAUTIONS
Please be very careful while operating high voltage circuits! You may get hurt or hurt the appliances if used
improperly.

BLOCK DIAGRAM

4 groups of channels for High voltage connection

Group1:
COM1- Common pin
NC1- Normally Closed, in which case NC1 is connected with COM1 when D0 is set low and disconnected when
D0 is high;
NO1- Normally Open, in which case NO1 is disconnected with COM1 when D0 is set low and connected when
D0 is high.
Group2-4 is similar to Group except the control port being D1-D3.

9v power supply connection

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The function of the Terminal and the Jack is the same since they are internally connected, and you can choose
either of them in needs.

IO controlling 4 on-board relays

D0-D3 4pins could be connected directly with Arduino pin number of 7-4, so that four relays could be easily
controlled by the Arduino.

315M RF control interface

Together with pin of GND and 5v, they are the interface for 315M RF module to control the 4 relays remotely.

RFBee directly control interface

The 4 relays could be directly controlled by the RFBee through the 4 DIO ports of RFBee.

RFBee cascading control interface

As the RFBee has 12 DIO ports, 2 more Relay Shield (8 more relays) could be controlled through one RFBee.
HUB1 and HUB2 are the drawn-out ports of RFBee (4 as a group), which is connected to 315M RF interface of
the cascading Relay Shield.

USAGE
WITH ARDUINO/SEEEDUINO
Relay Shield could be directly controlled by Arduino.

Step1. Plug Relay Shield onto Arduino Duemilanove (or compatible) board;
Step2. Supply 9v DC power to Arduino;
Step3. Download the example code and run in Arduino IDE.

WITH RFBEE
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One RFBee controls one Relay Shield

Step1. Download Arduino code for the slave and master RFBee. (How to program the Arduino code on RFBee?)
Step2. Plug the slave RFBee to the Relay Shield.
Step3. Supply the 9v DC power to the Relay shield.
Step4. Power the master RFBee with 3.3v by UartSBee v3.1 or other supply.

One RFBee controls 3 Relay Shields

Step1. Download Arduino code for the slave and master RFBee. For the master, you need to add the new
commands to control extended relays, i.e. RCA1means set the 11st relay (on hub2, relay3) on.
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Step2. Plug the slave RFBee onto the Relay Shield.

Step3. Connect the second and third Relay Shield to the mother shield by connecting 315M RF pins to hub1 and
hub2. (Note: 5v and GND also need to be connected).
Step4. Supply the 9v DC power to the Relay shield. (Note: the extended Relay Shields need not extra power
supply).
Step5. Power the master RFBee with 3.3v by UartSBee v3.1 or other supply.

WITH 315M RF MODULE

Step1. Plug the Receiver onto the Relay Shield.

Step2: Supply the Relay Shield with 9v DC power.
Step3: Control the Transmitter. (How? Refer to here).

SUPPORT
Please refer to product page for latest documents and development resources, any product related issue could
be inquired via info@seeedstudio.com

REVISION HISTORY
Rev.

Descriptions

Editor

Release date

v1.0b

Initial public release

V1.2b

Intermediate version

Lafier

Sept 23, 2010

V1.2b

Make the structure and usage more clear

Icing

Oct 9, 2010

Jun 16, 2010

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